Cruise activities in Europe
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Compagnie des Bateaux
Runs cruises departing from quai Bayreuth. Tickets are sold 15 minutes before departure. From May to September boats also sail across the lake to Menthon-St-Bernard (€5.50), Talloires (€6.50) and other villages.
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Navig'inter
From April to October, runs river excursions from its dock. Advance bookings are essential for its lunch and dinner cruises.
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Boat Trips
From June to September, Albi Croisières runs half-hour boat trips aboard a gabarre, a flat-bottomed sailing barge of the kind used to haul goods down the Garonne to Bordeaux. Boats depart from the Berges du Tarn landing stage.
For a longer spell on the river, the company also offers full-day trips (single/return €15/23) between the village of Aiguelèze, near Gaillac, and Albi. Trips depart at 10am and include an afternoon in Albi, with the return journey arriving back in Aiguelèze around 7pm.
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Boat Trips
Various cruise operators offer boat trips up and down the River Avon from the landing station underneath Pulteney Bridge, including the open-top Bath City Boat Trips, the Pulteney Cruisers and the Pulteney Princess.
You can pilot your own vessel down the Avon from the Bathwick Boating Station, which rents out traditional skiffs, rowboats and Canadian canoes. The jetty is in the suburb of Bathwick, a 20-minute walk southeast from the city centre.
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